Pok Shau-fu
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Pok Shau-fu | |
|---|---|
| 卜少夫 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 1981 – 31 January 1987 | |
| Constituency | District 2 (Hong Kong and Macau) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1909 Jiangsu, China |
| Died | 4 November 2000 (aged 91) Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
Pok Shau-fu (Chinese: 卜少夫; 21 June 1909 – 4 November 2000) was a Chinese-born journalist and politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1981 to 1987. He was a native of Jiangsu.[1]
Career
[edit]In the 1960s, Pok was the publisher of Newsdom, a magazine based in Hong Kong.[2] He also served as a correspondent to the United Daily News. In 1968, Pok was awarded a Chia Hsin Award for journalism for reporting on the riots of the previous year.[1] He was appointed to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of Hong Kong and Macau for the first time in 1980,[3] and reappointed in 1983.
Shortly after the death of his wife in 1996, Pok was diagnosed with lung cancer.[4] He and Liang Su-yung eulogized publisher Liu Shao-tang at Liu's funeral, held in Taipei in February 2000.[5] Pok fell ill later that year and first sought treatment in France, and was later admitted to Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong. On 3 November 2000, Pok removed himself from medical equipment and refused to eat or drink. He fell into a coma at 10:00 the next morning, and died soon after.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chia Hsin journalism awards presented". Free China Journal. 1 December 1968. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Pok, Shau-fu (1 September 1965). "Mao's Bodyguard Tells His Story". Free China Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "The month in Free China". Taiwan Today. 1 May 1981. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "卜少夫難敵癌魔與世長辭". Sing Tao Daily. 5 November 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Chu, Monique (24 February 2000). "Farewell to a revered publisher". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
